Composers
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier
Biography
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (28 June 1734 - 6 May 1794) was a celebrated French organist and composer.
He was born in Abbeville. From 1763, he was a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts de Lyon (now École des Beaux-Arts). Then, from 1783 to 1793, he was organist at the Notre Dame de Paris.
Beauvarlet-Charpentier composed sonatas for keyboard and violin and numerous pieces for organ. He died in Paris. His son Jacques-Marie (1766–1834) was also an organist and composer.